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Me, Aunt Elsie and Chuck We are back home after our semi-whirlwind tour of the east coast (I say semi, as our intrepid and younger friends Meagan and Jock have been doing a real deal whirlwind tour that you can read about at her blog). In my previous post, I mostly bitched and [...] In the transition area Yesterday, Eileen and I did the Hard Core Sprint Triathlon held on the base at Camp Pendleton. To sum up the event I’ll quote another participant who swam a little better than me or was faster in the transition than me or both. He said, “the swim was frighting, [...] He doesn’t talk about it much, but Chuck is a Vietnam War vet. He spent a year (1970-71) stationed in a place called Vung Tau. He was in the Navy, but was land-based for his entire tour (long story that involves among other things volunteering – which common wisdom says you never do in [...] I did my first mud run last Saturday. It was a filthy blast. A mud run, for the uninitiated, is an obstacle course run that always includes, you guessed it, mud pits. Yesterday’s was the the Irvine Lake Mud Run, a 3.8 mile course along the banks of Irvine Lake in Orange County. We [...] I was reading an article just now about a guy who blew off his arm lighting some illegal fireworks. Slick! And ow! And it’s not funny (okay, a little, in a sick sort of way)! The article then went on to point out some safety tips from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (they also [...] Since today was the 4th of July, Chuck and I headed up bright and early this morning to run the Pacific Palisades Will Rogers race. This was the 33rd year for the race, and I think five or six for me, and who know for Chuck. It’s advertised as a neighborhood run, but over [...] Of course, both Chuck and I had to buy iMovie for the iPhone ($4.99). It’s fun and really easy to use and a deal at that price. It looks in your Camera Roll for video you shoot (or you can shoot the video on the fly) then you can edit it by giving the [...] Hi, my name is Eileen and I’m an Apple fangirl. No, it’s true. I proved it today by standing in line for seven hours to buy an iPhone 4. If that’s not true devotion I don’t know what is. The good (bad?) news is that Chuck stood in line with me. And you [...] We all have stories. And our families have stories. What are they? What do they say about us, about our parents, about our families? We were talking about Chuck’s story last night – well, really about Chuck’s mom’s and dad’s story. Their story is one of romance, of timing, and choices. Chuck is not [...] Did you vote this past Tuesday? I did, and I’m feeling pretty virtuous after looking up the info on our recent primary election here in California this morning. This came about after reading a Salon article that talked about the clueless statements made by Carla Fiorina and other primary election campaign embarrassments. I found [...] |
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